Organizations for 
               Organizations for 
                Physics Teachers
                Physics Teachers
         Area Groups
           – Illinois State Physics Project (ISPP)
           – Physics Northwest
           – Capitol Area Physics Alliance
           – St. Louis Area Physics Teachers
           – Chicago ITQ Science Project
         Regional Groups
           – Illinois Section of the AAPT (ISAAPT)
           – Chicago Section of the AAPT (CS-AAPT)
           – Illinois Science Teachers Association (ISTA)
         National Groups
           – American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
           – National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
            Journals for High School 
            Journals for High School 
                  Physics Teachers
                   Physics Teachers
          The Physics Teacher
          Physics Today
          American Journal of Physics
          Journal for Physics Education Research (AIP)
          Scientific American
          Science News
          The Science Teacher (NSTA)
          International Journal of Science Education
          Physics Education
          Journal of Research in Science Teaching
          Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online 
           (JPTEO)
                Physics Textbooks Used 
                 Physics Textbooks Used 
                                        (1997)
                                        (1997)
             Regular first-year physics:
                – Physics: Principles & Problems (Merril/Glencoe) 57%
                – Modern Physics (Holt, Rinehart & Winston) 20%
                – Conceptual Physics (Hewitt) 15%
             Physics for non-science students:
                – Conceptual Physics 84%
                – Physics: Principles & Problems 7%
             Honors physics:
                – Physics: Principles & Problems 25%
                – Physics (Giancoli) 19%
                – Modern Physics 15%
             Advanced placement B  Advanced placement C
                – Physics (Giancoli) 27%      - Fundamentals of Physics
                – College Physics (Serway) 24%      (Halliday & Resnick) 41%
                – Physics (Cutnell) 9%                - University Physics (Sears) 19%
                 Physics Teaching 
                 Physics Teaching 
                       References
                       References
         Aarons, A. B. (1990) A Guide to Introductory 
          Physics Teaching
         Aarons, A. B. (1997). Teaching Introductory 
          Physics: All Inclusive Guide. 
         Kutliroff, D. (19xx) Teaching High School 
          Physics
         Osborne, J. & Freeman, J. (1989 Teaching 
          Physics: A Guide For The Non-Specialist
         Wilson, J. (1997). Conference on the 
          Introductory Physics Courses. 
         Yurkewicz, W., Jr. (1985) A Guidebook For 
          Teaching Physics 
            Electronic Resources
            Electronic Resources
        Physics InfoMall CD
        Guidebook to constructing 
        inexpensive science teaching 
        Equipment: Physics
         – Eisenhower National Clearinghouse CD
         – (file:///ENC/docs/docsfr.htm)
        ISAAPT Resources
        ISU PTE “Resources” web page
        http://www.phy.ilstu.edu/PTE.html